Now, Russian Federation is likewise considering to follow a similar path.
The Russian Federation Council has simply approved a neb that would outlaw the role of virtual private networks (VPNs), the Tor anonymity network, anonymous mobile messaging services in addition to network proxy services, citing concerns close the spread of extremist materials.
VPNs are third-party services that assist users access block banned websites past times encrypting users’ Internet traffic in addition to routeing it through a distant connection, hiding their place information in addition to access sites that are normally restricted or censored past times a surely country.
The neb to ban VPNs in addition to proxy services has been passed past times the lower household of Russian parliament, the State Duma, on Friday, in addition to exclusively needs to hold upwards approved past times the upper household in addition to signed past times President Vladimir Putin to popular off law.
Once popular off law, the neb volition forcefulness the country's network service providers (ISPs) to block access to whatever providers of proxy or VPN services.
"After identifying the illegal sites in addition to domains, the watchdog volition post a abide by to the private service providers….the service providers volition larn a 72-hour deadline inward guild to surrender the details of the diverse operators," VPN provider Le VPN explained.
"The host service providers volition larn close 3 days fourth dimension to halt the service providers from providing the illegal service to the banned domains…[if] providers neglect to come across the specified demands inside the menses of a month, they volition confront stringent action. The authorities tin set a ban or block them totally."Many Russian citizens role VPNs in addition to other Internet proxy services to access blocked content past times routeing their traffic through servers exterior the country.
While many said that the neb is nada but a motion to enforce strict censorship in addition to bound dissent in addition to political opposition, Russian lawmakers behind the neb argued that this conclusion was prompted past times concerns close the spread of terrorist-related materials hosted online.
Russian authorities accept begun to cleft downwardly on Internet freedoms tighten controls on online services inward recent years, citing safety concerns.
Just terminal month, the Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor threatened to block Telegram messaging app afterward the FSB news service said those behind April's deadly St. Petersburg tube bombing attacks had used the encrypted chat service.
